Greater Mesoamerica
The Archaeology of West and Northwest Mexico
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Edited by Michael Foster and Shirley Gorenstein
135 illustrations
Cloth $65.00
ISBN 978-0-87480-655-7
Mesoamerican studies, as they are still practiced today, are framed by the Spanish colonial intrusion into Mexico from the east, and subsequent involvement with the Aztec Empire. Greater Mesoamerica expands the definition of “Mesoamerica” beyond the more traditionally accepted central Mexican areas to bothe western and northwestern Mexico where sophisticated cultures were flourishing outside the realm of Spanish influence. This is the first comprehensive overview of both regions since the Handbook of Middle American Indians was published in the ealy ‘70s. Based on recent archaeological surveys and excavations, the chapters provide current, comprehensive, area-by-area summaries of the region’s Precolumbian past, noting the discovery of new cultural configurations, new connections, and new complexities.
Contributors:
Peter F. Jimenez Betts, INAH, Zacatecas
Ronna Jane Bradley, University of New Mexico, Valencia
Beatriz Braniff C., INAH, Colima
J. Andrew Darling, Mexico-North Research Network, Chihuahua
Charles A. Florance, Clifton Park, NY
Michael S. Foster, Gila River Indian Community, Phoenix, AZ
Shirley Gorenstein, Rensselaer Polytech Institute, New York, NY
Ellen Abbott Kelley
Joseph B. Mountjoy, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Helen Perlstein Pollard, Michigan State University
Stuart D. Scott, Suny Buffalo
Michael W. Spence, University of Western Ontario
Maria Elisa Villalpando, INAH, Sonora
Phil C. Weigand, Colegio de Michoacán, Flagstaff, AZ
Michael Foster heads the cultural resources program, Gila River Indian Community.
Shirley Gorenstein is professor emerita of anthropology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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